Etymology

mismanage

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Today it means: To manage an area of responsibility in a way which is inept, incompetent, or dishonest. Full definition →

English manage ← Middle English *manage ← Old French manege
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*mey-?
  2. Proto-Indo-European*meyth₂-
  3. Proto-Germanic*missaz
  4. Proto-Germanic*missa-
  5. Proto-West Germanic*missa-
  6. Old Englishmis-
  7. Middle Englishmys-
  8. Englishmis-
  9. Proto-Indo-European*(s)meh₂-
  10. Proto-Italic*manus
  11. Latinmanus
  12. Vulgar Latin*manizāre
  13. Old Italianmaneggiareder.?
  14. Old Frenchmanege
  15. Middle English*manage
  16. Englishmanage
  17. English todaymismanage

From mis- + manage.

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